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Algebra Difficulty 5.7 AIME, harder Prove it

3 In ABC\triangle A B C, prove:
cab+ca+abc+ab+bca+bc0.\frac{c-a}{b+c-a}+\frac{a-b}{c+a-b}+\frac{b-c}{a+b-c} \leqslant 0 .

Solution

3. Let b+ca=2x,c+ab=2y,a+bc=2zb+c-a=2 x, c+a-b=2 y, a+b-c=2 z, then x,y,zR+x, y, z \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, and a=y+z,b=x+z,c=x+ya=y+z, b=x+z, c=x+y, so the original inequality is equivalent to xz2x+yx2y+zy2z\frac{x-z}{2 x}+\frac{y-x}{2 y}+\frac{z-y}{2 z} \leqslant 0, which means zx+xy+yz3\frac{z}{x}+\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z} \geqslant 3, obviously true.

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